Prubangboy

17 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

I really like this one. George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (1976)

 

was my first classical music, around age 9. It just had its 100th birthday, good article in The NY Times arguing whether or not its to corny for modern tastes,

At her peak

When you want to listen to a good, long Leonard Cohen cut

You will def be hitting replay:

When it's indica chill time

The plucking starts a 1:12

18 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

Food tours in; Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Nice and Yangon. 

• Bicycle tour in Bangkok and Tokyo.
• Walking tour in Tokyo with free guide
• 3 days with a tour guide in Yangon.
• 7 day private escorted tour in Egypt - antiquities, museums, Nile cruise and food tour.

 

 Back out the life-threatening biking and I've done all that. Will do a foodie walking tour in Marrakesh. For a solo traveler, these little meetups provide a blast of sociability.

It was $20 a day with a driver in Yangon. 3 days is about right for Yangon.

Done Madagascar. Def some 5 star lemurs on offer, but you get murdered if you leave your resort at night. I say worth it if you have animal check list.

Egypt, I would def do on a tour. The hassle-factor is supposed to be the worst; many funny YouTubes about it. Ethiopia is legendary for getting rocks thrown at you. Haiti was the ultimate stare-athon. Pakistan is a pricey tour where they'd also be keeping the starers at bay. Some back-breaking but stunning hikes on offer there.

In Papua New Guinea, a tourist resort was ransacked, out of the blue. It's an unfathomable tribal thing that just wells up. Intrepid Tours has a thou a day visit to a festival in September. If it were only $500 a day, I might be willing to risk my life.

2 minutes ago, uttradit said:

No sex, no fun, just an atm. 

 

 

 

 

Codependency is a real problem and worth a wiki.

Short version: You're so into the drama of their problems that it lets you off the hook from addressing your own.

4 minutes ago, uttradit said:

You friend sounds smart.

I told him if he wants to have a lot of sex with someone who's not that into him, he should just get married.

But he likes a mix. São Paulo is semi-newly on the map for his ilk. 

But to the OP: If you don't like paying TODAY, this is the high water mark.

You will like paying even less even 2 hours from now, let alone 2 weeks from now.

You will prob want to leave her with some kind of kiss-off financial grant.

Whatever number you have in mind, cut it in half to avoid future self-kicking.

My best friend has a lot of relationships that go south around the 4-6 month mark.

Being the caring empath that he is, when he sees the bloom going off the rose, he front loads a lot of sex, partic anal.

Usually, I urge people, "don't be that guy", but in your case.........

I booked 2 tours with Intrepid Travels, Morocco for 18 days, and Oman for 7. Morocco is tourist-hassle hell, but there's a lot I'd like to see there and guided program would keep that at bay. Oman independent travel is hard.

For a lot of countries, 2 days per destination, times 5-6 places, a tour makes sense. India is a good example. Even places like France and England have mostly 2-3 day towns once you leave the capitol. 

Intrepid Tours is mid-priced, Lonely Planet ethos, and very socially conscious about dragging you to the women's weaving collective, which suits me fine.

Going down that rabbit hole, I see that you can easily spend $1000 a day in Antartica and The South Seas. Safari's and Machu Picchu are also big $$$ draws. Wine drinking in Europe has a lot of offers. Papua New Guinea would be my ultimate get, but I am too spooked by the crime factor to pull the trigger. 

If money was no object, where would you go? What would make a tour palatable or a deal breaker for you?

If you had a free $1,000 a day budget, and you had to spend it down to zero each day, how would you do it?

So this new thing where I HAVE to date Trans and fatties ("plans are afoot"), can I at least get by on a credit system?

-A trans date should get me off the hook from having to date 2 fatties. I think it should be more, but "plans are afoot".

-If I date a 300 pound fattie, that should let me pass on two 150 pound ones. Again, I think it should be more, but "plans are afoot". So I guess I'm effed.

3 minutes ago, Rumpelstilskin said:

Napping is a great activity....

We def need relief from the oppressive retiree's here who are installing solar systems and planting avocado plantations.

To do nothing, or not much, to lie down when you feel like it, to kick some minor task into tomorrow. This is bliss.

Gotta go with The Guacho chain. You're paying whitie-prices, but it's New York level good -for call it 20% off.

Their waygu burger was for real, most waygu burgers simply means reduced gristle.

I'm good for a small steak about every other year. Peppercorn sauce or blue cheese, please. Those fries should be so hot that it hurts to pick them up.

My last steak was at The Sizzler. Value for money, partic with the salad bar add on.

1 hour ago, MangoKorat said:

When does something become acceptable and who decides what is and what is not? 

 

The decider is the person who owns the app. I mean, duh.

Worrying about pedophiles in the abstract -a lot- that's just straight up neurosis.

If you see any pedophilia going on, do you promise to intercede and break it up?

Me, no. The odds of me seeing pedophilia going on are zero. I think you have to go to a Cambodian slum and then get lucky.

Whereas for you, it's an ongoing problem. Thanks for keeping on top of things.

24 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

How do you find 'good quality fiction'?

 

 

I'm still in my son's life, he's 12 and I'm near enough your age.

I'll tell where NOT to look: that category called Thai Modern Fiction in The Asia Bookstore.

I recently bought 4 such books and was very underwhelmed. I won't even list the titles, because they're same ones you see every time at the airport. A book of short stories about Bangkok all felt like first drafts.

Problem: Thai's are too non-confrontational to gin up a meaty plot conflict. That's why they bring the ghost on to move the story along.

For Non Fiction Thai Books, Phillip Cornwel-Smith's 2 books (Very Thai and Bangkok) glimmer with insight and arcania about everything around you. He writes in the heady realm of Cultural Studies; he's a guy who stares deep into the noodle bowl and ponders.

Very Thai is out again in an updated edition, noting how much strange Very Thai stuff has vanished. Good Thai interest books have one shot in the bookstores and then they vanish for good. Anything that gets a reprint is top tier.

Slithering South by Steve Van Beek is a good travelog about drifting the length of The Ping River in a small boat that just had a reprint. He now has a companion book out, The Latte River, that completes the journey. Very Bill Bryson-esque.

A truly great book is something that you might fall into twice a year, if you're lucky. Snakehead is another Asian book that a lot of people here liked.

Hot looking Trans or obese Feminist with a lot of body hair -if you have to pick one or take a bullet, what do you do?

Me? I like 'em a little hairy and loud mouthed, so no problem. But I could also do the Trans.

From behind, and always reminding myself: "Don't reach around".